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Actor in ' Apocalypse Now '
Tribune Newspapers++++++++++++++++++++ || Sam Bottoms made his screen debut as a teenager in 1971. Michel Euler/AP 2001 || ++++++++++++++++++++ Tribune Newspapers LOS ANGELES — Sam Bottoms, a film and television actor who played the role of California surfer-...Tags: Texas, Peter Bogdanovich, Los Angeles, Family, Movies
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Sam Bottoms dies at 53; actor appeared in 'Apocalypse Now,' 'Last Picture Show'
Sam Bottoms, a film and television actor who played the role of California surfer-turned-GI Lance Johnson in Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam War epic "Apocalypse Now," has died. He was 53. Bottoms died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles of...Tags: Peter Bogdanovich, North Carolina, Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Los Angeles, Movies
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Hot hobby: Playing with fire
Chicago Tribune reporterAs the sun dipped below the horizon, the gathering near Foster Avenue Beach was growing, from dozens to over 100. The fire-handling tools were laid out—chains, metal staffs, even hula hoops. But how to ignite the fire, and when? "We need safety...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Halloween, Nevada, Chicago Fire Department, Chicago Park District
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From the Cubicle: White Sox-Indians
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You'd think that a half-Indian who's made four trips back to the motherland would have played cricket by the time he turned 28, but that just wasn't the case.
When I finally got around to it, we...Tags: Kazuhiro Sasaki, Harry Caray, Toby Hall, Jermaine Dye, Carlos Quentin
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The last Sox game at old Comiskey Park
Chicago TribuneOn this final day, a crowd of 42,849 fans turned out on a glorious, sunny, autumn afternoon to say farewell to what had been proclaimed the "the Baseball Palace of the World" when it opened July 1, 1910. Many fans were teary-eyed, realizing that the place...Tags: Football, All Stars, Baseball, Richard M. Daley, American League
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All Time Mets All-Star Selections
1962 Richie Asburn (OF) 1963 Duke Snider (OF) 1964 Ron Hunt* (2B) 1965 Ed Kranepool (1B) 1966 Ron Hunt (2B) 1967 Tom Seaver (P) 1968 Jerry Grote* (C) Jerry Koosman (P) Tom Seaver (P) 1969 Cleon Jones*(OF) Jerry Koosman (P) Tom Seaver (P) 1970 Bud...Tags: Tom Seaver, All Stars, Al Leiter, Baseball, John Franco
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Nurturing a child who loves to read
Sun StaffAsk Lemar Johnson for a list of his favorite books, and he'll include "Hop on Pop" and "The Berenstain Bears and the Double Dare." But best of all is "Green Eggs and Ham" - the 5-year-old kindergartner at Rognel Heights Elementary/Middle School...Tags: Enoch Pratt Free Library, Teaching and Learning, Morgan State University
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Sox's hitless victory a real wonder
Tribune staff reporterOutlined against the squinty sunshine and swirly winds of Chicago's great South Side, the Hitless Wonders were resurrected Sunday. In baseball history, the Hitless Wonders were the 1906 Chicago White Sox. They won the pennant and beat the hated Cubs in...Tags: Chicago White Sox, Al Lopez, U.S. Cellular Field, Sammy Sosa, Robin Ventura
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